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HAWTHORN LACE BUG (Corythucha cydoniae ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Adults infested Crataegus 

 Crataegus phaenopyrum at Kettannmg, Armstrong County, October 1 (Henry). 

 Determinations by E. Simons. This is a new county record. Adults infested 

 Crataegus monogyna stricta at Gibraltar, Berks County, September 30. (Wolf). 



A LACE BUG (Stephanitis takeyai ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Adults moderate on Pieris 

 japonica at Kimberton, Chester County, October 1; adults light on P. japonica 

 at Media, Delaware County, September 30, for new county records; adults heavy 

 (treated in July) at Audubon, Montgomery County, October 6; heavy on azalea 

 (yellowing) in nursery at Glen Mills, Delaware County, September 30. Determina- 

 tions by E. Simons. (Christie). 



FOREST AND SHADE TREES 



BARK BEETLES ( Dendroctonus spp.) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Populations of D. terebrans 

 (black turpentine beetle) and D. frontalis (southern pine beetle) increasing on 

 pines in Oconee, Aiken, and surrounding counties. (Fox). NORTH CAROLINA - 

 D. frontalis increased in Durham, Person, and Granville Counties. In other areas, 

 activity remains about same or less than earlier in 1971. Salvage control 

 continues. (N.C. For. Ser. Newsltr.). 



A WEEVIL (Pissodes sp.) - WEST VIRGINIA - Adults damaged 80 percent of Scotch 

 pine in 2-acre plantation in Ritchie County. (W. Va. Ins. Sur.). 



A LECANODISPIDID SCALE (Lecanodiaspis prosopidis) - UTAH - Heavy on ash twigs at 

 Moab, Grand County, September 1. Collected by G.F. Knowlton and R.S. Roberts. 

 Determined by M. Kosztarab. (Knowlton). 



VARIABLE OAKLEAF CATERPILLAR (Heterocompa manteo ) - OKLAHOMA - Moderate on oaks in 

 Tulsa County. Light on pin oak in Stillwater area, Payne County. (Okla. Coop. 

 Sur.). TEXAS - General larval infestations in oaks throughout northeast area. 

 Isolated infestations on oaks in Travis and Montgomery Counties. (Lackey, 

 Green) . 



FALL WEBWORM (Hyphantria cunea) - NEW MEXICO - Heavy on cottonwood trees and 

 other shade trees statewide. Some with as many as 10 webs per tree. (N.M. Coop. 

 Rpt.). 



MAN AND ANIMALS 



SCREWWORM (Cochliomyia hominivorax ) - Total of 39 cases reported in U.S. October 

 10-16, as follows : TEXAS - Bandera 1, Brewster 3, Edwards 4, Hidalgo 1, Kinney 

 3, Maverick 2, Real 1, Starr 1, Terrell 4, Uvalde 2, Val Verde 7, Bell 1, Brown 

 2, Kendall 2, Lampasas 1, San Saba 1, Sutton 2, Travis 1. Total of 295 laboratory- 

 confirmed cases reported in portion of Barrier Zone in Republic of Mexico as 

 follows: Sonora 29, Chihuahua 128, Coahuila 67, Nuevo Leon 18, Tamaulipas 53. 

 Total of 92 cases reported in Mexico south of Barrier Zone, Barrier Zone is area 

 where eradication operation underway to prevent establishment of self-sustaining 

 population in U.S. Sterile screwworm flies released: Texas 66,298,000; Arkansas 

 1,260,000; Arizona 3,646,000; Mexico 108,592,000. (Anim. Health Div.). 



TABANIDS - SOUTH CAROLINA - Adult females of Tabanus cymatophorus recovered in 

 Newberry County in June and Agkistrocerus megerlei from Sumter, Berkeley, and 

 Charleston Counties by C. Sheppard during July 1971. Determined by L.L. Pechuman. 

 These are new State records. (McCaskill) . 



MOSQUITOES - MINNESOTA - Light trap operations for season completed by 

 Metroplitan Mosquito Control District on October 1. Aedes vexans accounting for 

 640 or 75 percent of 867 female mosquitoes taken during week in 16 traps. Other 

 species taken included Culex restuans, Culiseta inornata , C. morsitans , and 

 Anopheles walkeri . Special sampling for Coquillettidia perturbans larvae produced 

 11 postive samples. In evening and daytime bite collections A. vexans accounted 

 for over 90 percent of collection. Some single- brooded Aedes such as A. 

 excrucians, A. stimulans, and A. fitchii also taken. (Minn. Pest Rpt.). 



